The Magnificent Ambersons (1942) colour palette
Directed by Orson Welles · Shot by Stanley Cortez
- #030303near black · 19.7%
- #303030dark grey · 14.8%
- #8e8e8emid grey · 13.9%
- #6e6e6emid grey · 11.9%
- #cdcdcdlight grey · 11%
- #4b4b4bdark grey · 10.3%
The Magnificent Ambersons (1942), shot by Stanley Cortez, is monochrome: across 62 sampled frames the palette carries effectively no colour, so its look is built from mid-key tonal range rather than hue. The single most common colour is near black (#030303), covering 19.7% of sampled colour. Overall the image sits mid-key.
Colour
Monochrome
below 0.05 mean saturation
Saturation
monochrome
0 — more saturated than 0% of ranked films
Luminance
mid-key
0.435 — brighter than 65% of ranked films
Measured across 62 frames. See the frames on the The Magnificent Ambersons page →
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